Cath Is Determined to Keep Herself Trim ; Slimming Cath Powell Went From Ultra Slim 'Liquorice Legs' to Feeling Like She Was 'Carrying a Sack of Spuds'. Now, However, She Intends to Keep Her Slender Figure, Writes Colette Warbrook

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › February 01, 2011

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AT SCHOOL, Cath Powell was nicknamed "liquorice legs" because her pins looked so thin in black tights.

But later, after getting married and starting a family, the 62- year-old noticed the pounds creeping on.

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Cath Is Determined to Keep Herself Trim ; Slimming Cath Powell Went From Ultra Slim 'Liquorice Legs' to Feeling Like She Was 'Carrying a Sack of Spuds'. Now, However, She Intends to Keep Her Slender Figure, Writes Colette Warbrook

"I was never big as a girl and I ate quite healthily," remembers the retired school secretary, of Ash Bank Road, Ash Bank. "My mum always put a good meal on the table - meat, potatoes and two veg.

"I was actually very thin at school. The boys called me liquorice legs because of how my legs looked in black t...

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